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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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But the Resurrection was the beginning of the proper Gospel State and Kingdom, to which all before was but preparatory: & then by the Spirit Christianity was formed to its settled Consistence, and is a known unalterable thing.
But the Resurrection was the beginning of the proper Gospel State and Kingdom, to which all before was but preparatory: & then by the Spirit Christianity was formed to its setled Consistence, and is a known unalterable thing.
And it is a great confirmation to our Faith, that Christ's Kingdom was not settled by any advantage of his personal Presence, Preaching and Persuasion, so much as by the Holy Ghost in his Apostles and Disciples, when he was gone from them into Heaven.
§ 41. But how are we sure that these three men tell us nothing but the Truth? Ans. This is oft answered elsewhere. The Spirit which they spake and work'• by, was Christ's Witness and theirs. They healed the Sick, raised the Dead, spake various Languages which they never learnt; and Preached, and Recorded that Holy Doctrine committed to them by Christ, which itself ⟨p. 351⟩contained the evidence of its Divinity and of their Truth: And Christ then and to this Day hath owned it by the sanctifying Efficacy of the same Spirit, upon Millions of Souls.
§ 41. But how are we sure that these three men tell us nothing but the Truth? Ans. This is oft answered elsewhere. The Spirit which they spake and work'• by, was Christ's Witness and theirs. They healed the Sick, raised the Dead, spake various Languages which they never learnt; and Preached, and Recorded that Holy Doctrin committed to them by Christ, which itself